Competition: Words Fail, Where Music Speaks

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Words Fail, Where Music Speaks

"Word's fail, where music speaks." -Hans Christian Anderson

We have all watched the Star Wars movies and the on consistently brilliant thing about them I'm sure we can all agree, is the music. The emotions of the scenes we watch is portrayed brilliantly by the soundtrack that is beautifully constructed and organized. I personally have thought heavily of music when writing, using it as an aide to form my fictions. My task for you is to write a fiction of a topic of your choosing. It can be an emotional moment for your character or just a flat out mission that you have been tasked to complete. the catch however, is that you must name any kind of music that you feel matches with the moments and emotions in your story. You can choose one piece you feel covers the emotion of your entire story, or you may choose multiple pieces for certain sections. It is up to you.

Remember, you are not limited to just Star Wars or even John Williams. Be creative and have an open mind however be cautious using songs like "Hotline Bling" , "All About That Bass" , "Boot Scootin' Boogie", etc. Place the name of the music where ever you think it would start if it were in a movie. Minimum word count is 300 words and no maximum.

Remember what Beethoven said, "Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of a women."

Submissions will be graded according to the Fiction Grading Rubric;

Spelling/Grammar/Mechanics (15%) Creativity (20%) Realism (25%) Story (40%)

Competition Information
Organized by
Derek Cinn
Running time
2017-02-10 until 2017-03-10 (29 days)
Target Unit
Entire DJB
Competition Type
Fiction
Awards
Second Level Crescents and Clusters of Ice as per VOICE guidelines
Participants
22 subscribers, of which 8 have participated.
Results
1st place
Jasper Arlow
Member
Jasper Arlow
File submission
Dreamsong_by_Zasati_Tryezsh_9933.pdf
Placement
1st place
Member
Blade Mistress Shadow Nighthunter
Textual submission

In case you can't see comments with music links:
"Lone Wolf"
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M44Z2hUJI8uRlkWTeFFpKYntnOtr6HJF6HgEMvcch0c/edit?usp=sharing

"Winter Breath" Adrian von Ziegler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oSMuTvDHCM

"I Need You" Adrian von Ziegler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gphlfUNRuU4

Placement
2nd place
Member
Adept Reiden Palpatine Karr
File submission
Word_Fail___Music_Speaks_(10106).pdf
Placement
3rd place
Member
Aedile Tali Sroka
File submission
A_musical_fight.pdf
Textual submission

Enjoy!

Placement
4th place
Member
Rasilvenaira StormRaven
File submission
When_Words_Fail_-_7370.doc
Placement
5th place
6th place
Adept Xantros
7th place
Malice
Member
Malice
Textual submission

Malice panted softly, resting a hand on the Nexu at her side. Aiya didn't seem the least bit winded, but they'd run quite a ways, making sure they kept themselves hidden. Assassinations were the most trying, but also the most rewarding. Nothing beat the feeling of finishing a kill. One person who needed to be taken out, and their target just happened to be a human male, wandering a sea of other species. They'd kept their eyes on him as he left the crowded marketplace and started off on his own, assumably to his own abode.

Yes, this is what they'd been waiting for. Solitude. They didn't need to separate him from anyone else. He was perfectly capable of doing that himself. Mal felt Aiya tense up and gently scratched at her neck.

"Soon, Aiya," she assured her companion.

(Music starts: "Mermaids", (James Newton Howard, Peter Pan soundtrack)

Slinking out of their hiding spot and into the open, it seemed the locals were familiar with creatures that did not belong on their planet. She'd known of an illegal market for hard to obtain species. Perhaps they thought Aiya was simply one of those purchases.

In crowds like these where she did not wish to reveal her force sensitivity, Malice counted on Aiya to be her eyes, seeing as she had four of them. The Nexus sight stayed locked onto their target, and Malice walked casually by her side, until they too, had left the crowded market.

He didn't even know they were there. They'd been hidden by the crowds up until now. Now it was just up to Malice to cloak them. If he were to turn, he would not see them at all. Just the empty landscape behind him.

Cutting him down with her saber would be far too noticeable. People would recognize the wound and start to narrow down the list of suspects. Instead, she'd be using a poison she'd acquired a few days earlier, just for this mission. Far more people in the galaxy used toxins than used lightsabers. She'd be able to leave the planet as soon as her task was done.
(Here's the link to the music : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejeQ0sXQvcI )

Their target approached what seemed to be his house, but before he could reach a hand out for the door, Malice had sent Aiya to grab the back of his shirt, tugging him towards them. The fabric choked off his cry for help, already beginning to turn his face red. Mal reached down, pulling out the syringe that held her weapon of choice for the day, quickly stabbing him in the neck with it. In minutes it began to work, and as soon as he stopped shaking, Aiya released him.

"Our work is done, let's head home."

Placement
7th place
8th place
Qor Kith
Member
Qor Kith
File submission
Wordsfailwheremusicspeaks.pdf
Placement
8th place